Revolution (1985)

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Directed by

Hugh Hudson

Starring (View all)

Al Pacino
Tom Dobb

Donald Sutherland
Sgt. Maj. Peasy

Nastassja Kinski
Daisy McConnahay

Joan Plowright
Mrs. McConnahay

Dave King
Mr. McConnahay

Steven Berkoff
Sgt. Jones

John Wells
Corty

Annie Lennox
Liberty Woman

Written by

Robert Dillon
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An average movie

10 years, 10 months ago at Jun 26 20:47

johanlefourbe

Since I'm a huge fan of Al Pacino, I watch pretty much everything he has done, even his more obscure work. Well, this movie must be one of his most forgotten ones that's for sure but I don't think it was that bad, actually. After starring in 'Scarface', he showed up in this flick but it was such a flop that Pacino didn't make another movie for 4 years. Apparently, this movie flopped so bad that it... read more

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New York trapper Tom Dobb becomes an unwilling participant in the American Revolution after his son Ned is drafted into the Army by the villainous Sergeant Major Peasy. Tom attempts to find his son, and eventually becomes convinced that he must take a stand and fight for the freedom of the Colonies, alongside the aristocratic rebel Daisy McConnahay. As Tom undergoes his change of heart, the events of the war unfold in large-scale grandeur.

Release date: 25 December 1985

Tags: Drama (3), Adventure (3), War (3), Epic (2), History (2), Revolutionary War (2), 1980s (2), 1985 (2), (2), English (1), Warner Bros. (1), Box Office Flop (1), Sort (1), American Revolutionary War (1)

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" Revolution is a 1985 British historical drama film directed by Hugh Hudson, written by Robert Dillon, and starring Al Pacino, Donald Sutherland, and Nastassja Kinski. The film stars Pacino as a fur trapper in the Province of New York who involuntarily gets enrolled in the Revolutionary forces during the American Revolutionary War. Revolution received a great deal of negative reviews upon release, and was a box-office bomb; its release was delayed in Pacino's native New York City. Due to th"

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